Office-coat.



N. INGBERV 1 OFFICE COAT.

. APPLICATION mm JUNE 29. i915 //l(; Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

- STA NATHANIEL INGIBER, OF NEW YORK, N. YQASSIGNOR TO C. INGBER.& SONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM COMPOSED OF SAMUEL INGBER, CELIA INGBER, NATHANIEL NGBER, AND. MAX INGBER.

' OFFICE-COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, ism.

Application filed June 29, 1915. Serial No. 36,985.

of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Office-Coats, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to coats, and more particularly to office coats.

Oflice coats are usually made of very light material and have no; lining whatever, that is to say neither their; body portions nor their sleeves are lined; In practice it has been found that ordinarily first the sleeves of coats of this type are worn out, due to the .almost continuous rubbing action to which they are subjected by coming into Contact with desks or tables.v Inasmuch as the pockets of coats of this type are sewn to the outer faces of their body portions, and since they have no flaps, it happens often' that, when the wearer arises from a chair, the arm-rests of the latter project into the pockets, thereby tearing the material of the coat around the pockets. It also has been found that the arm-hole portions of such coats are very 'weak and, on the other hand, -wholly unprotected against sweat. 1

It is now one of the objects of. the present invention to obviate the defects mentioned of the office coats heretofore in use, that is to say, first, to reinforce the sleeves without materially aiiecting the weight and cost of the coat, second, to protect the pocket sections of the coat against tearing, and, third, to provide the arm-hole portions thereof with means which increase the durability of the same and serve also as sweat shields.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangen'ient and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an office coat constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the lower portion of one of its sleeves; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sect-ion taken through a pocket and the adjoining parts of the coat; and Fig. 7 is a similar section taken through a modified construction.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the body of a coat, having attached thereto in theusual manner a pair of sleeves 11. These sleeves are each provided with a short lining 12, which extends from the lower end of the sleeve a substantial distance above the elbow portion thereof. The lining 12 may be attached to the sleeve in any suitable manner, for instance by a row 13 of stitches, running along the lower edge of the sleeve, and by a rowlet'of stitches, runnin sub stantially parallel to the row 13a su stantial distance above the elbow portion of the sleeve. Inasmuch as these linings do not extend throughout the lengths of the sleeves, they do not materially increase the weight of the coat, yet they protect those portions of the sleeves from being easily. worn out which are, due to their bein almost constantly in contact with the dos cor" table at which the wearer works, most likely. to be torn. The linings 12 are, preferably,

made of a material which has the color of the coat, so that, even if the sleeves wear out, the holes therein will not be easily perceptible. I

- The pockets of the coat are denoted by the numeral 15. These pockets are sewn to the outer face of the body of the coat.

At the edges of their mouths are provided reinforcing means, in the form of small cloth pieces 16, which are inserted between the body of the coat and the pockets 15, as

clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, or

they may be applied to the inner face of the coat, as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The pieces 16 are made of the material of 'theintoo conspicuous when they are applied to the outer face of the body, as shown in- Fig. (3 of the drawings. If a pocket isbeing torn away from the body oi? the coat, for instance, by the arm-rest of a chair, which often projects into the pocket as a person is sitting on the chair, usually the edges of the mouth portion of the pocket is first being torn away. In coats of the ordinar construction, the body portion oi the coat is thus injured. In the construction herein described, however, the small pieces 16 may be torn, but the coat itself will be kept intact. v

Below the arm-holes of the coat are attached to the inner face of the body thereof 'rhields 17, their upper edgeslS coinciding.

with a section of the lower edges of the armholes, as shown 1n Fig. of the drawings.

These shields may be of any suitable configuration, for instance resembling a crescent, whlch 1s attached by a row 19 of Lame-1e stitches to the coat. The shields not only serve as sweat protectors, but at the same time reinforce the arm-hole portions of the coat.

hat I claim is A coat comprising a body, sleeves attached thereto, a lining for each sleeve tending from the lower edge thereof to a substantial distance above the elbow portion of the same but stopping short of the upper end of the sleeve, said sleeves and linings be ing made of material of substantially the same color and so arranged in the finished coat that, even if the sleeves wear out the holes therein will not be easily perceptible, and each lining being attached to its sleeve at'the lower edge of the latter and in a line parallel to and adjacent,to the upper edge of the lining.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 18th day of June, A. D. 1915'.

NATHANIEL INGBER. 

